{"id":4441,"date":"2014-01-22T23:05:55","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T06:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4441"},"modified":"2014-01-22T23:05:55","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T06:05:55","slug":"26th-ave-park-to-be-named-sidewalk-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4441","title":{"rendered":"26th Ave Park to be Named \u201cSidewalk Park\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"sidewalk-park\"<\/a>After years of waiting for the 26th Avenue Park, progress is finally being made<\/a>. Residents originally may have envisioned acres of green space with some play equipment for kids, but Forest City has made a few changes to those images. Of course, Fulton<\/a> becoming a through-street has already chopped up a lot of that vision, and construction workers are hard at work doing\u2026something.\n\n\u201cI live right across the street from \u2018park,\u2019\u201d said resident Nick DeLay. \u201cThere is a lot of digging, and a lot of concrete being poured. I would have thought I would have seen a lot more leveling and planting. Where is all the green space going to be?\u201d Other residents share the same concern. \u201cWhat are they doing over there?\u201d asked Jessica Elmore. \u201cI don\u2019t think I am ready to call what they are doing a park just yet. Has anyone seen the updated plans<\/a>? It\u2019s pretty hard to tell where they are going with this.\u201d\nForest City President Phil Dargossi<\/a> is asking residents to be patient. \u201cWe really think residents are going to love this park,\u201d said Dargossi. \u201cIt\u2019s still in the early stages, but the completed project is going to fit very well with the area.\u201d Dargossi said that the park already has been named, and new signs will adorn the new park name at completion. \u201cWe decided to go with \u2018Sidewalk Park,\u2019 said Dargossi. \u201cWith all the gorgeous sidewalks already in, it seemed like a natural fit. Plus, we\u2019re not really going to have a ton of green space there, with the cost of watering and all. But the unique shapes and directions of the sidewalks will really define this park.\u201d\nResidents in the area are not pleased. \u201cI have been waiting for this for years,\u201d said Megan Alger. \u201cI thought I would be looking out at a beautiful, green park, with trees and open space. Now, just a bunch of concrete.\u201d The park will not be ready for community use until spring \u201915. \u201cThere is still a lot of work to be done,\u201d said Dargossi. \u201cThey still plan to pour about 75 more tons of concrete, and we are considering adding a skate park as well. Really, we are open to anything that has a lot of concrete and no green.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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